Whiskeys: Sazerac Rye • WhistlePig 12 Year: Old World Style Rye • Sazerac 18 Year Rye • Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • Barton’s 1792 • Blanton’s • Buffalo Trace • Eagle Rare • Col. E. H. Taylor • Elmer T. Lee • George T. Stagg • Pappy Van Winkle • W.L. Weller • Whistle 6 Year: Piggyback • WhistlePig 10 Year Rye • WhistlePig 15 Year: Estate Oak Rye • WhistlePig 18 Year: Double Malt Rye • WhistlePig Boss Hog VI: The Samurai Scientist • Whist...
Aug 06, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Having been big fans of Irish whiskey for awhile now, we're excited to see the many new distilleries and expressions coming out of Ireland after decades of languishing behind the other countries enjoying the benefits of a resurgent whiskey industry. And The Sexton is one of these new expressions. Not only is the bottle cool as hell (just look at it!), it also has an interesting backstory. But none of that truly matters unless the whiskey itself is actually any good. So... is it? Tune in and find...
Jul 23, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Whiskeys: Halley’s Comet 1986 Blended Scotch • Macallan • Port Ellen • Chivas Regal • Johnnie Walker • Monkey Shoulder Wormholes: Jeff and Sue join us in the Wormhole! • Sue’s our little WhiskeyPixie™ • Jeff describes how he got ahold of a Scotch from 1986 • Why did our parents drink such sad liquor? • Halley’s Comet History (the whiskey) • We were children when this was bottled • Halley’s Comet History (the comet) • Halley’s Comet Tasting (and a small emergency) • Why Scotch tastes so different...
Jul 16, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Whiskeys: James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • Old Oscar Pepper • Old Crow • Woodford Reserve • Bulleit Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • WhistlePig 10 Year Rye • Redemption Rye • Sagamore Spirit Cognac Finish Rye • High West Double Rye! Tangents: Sue and Jeff are back again! • James E. Pepper History (Part 1) • Whiskey is an incestuous business • Marketing was important to whiskey, then as now • James E. Pepper changed whiskey laws, owned racehorses, hung out with captains of indust...
Jul 09, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Yes, yes, another Top 10 list. But THIS time it's actually TWO lists! Anders is back to help us with ranking the Top 10 Ryes that we like, and then we check Ranker.com's Top 10 Ryes to see how we match up against the masses. Fun right? RIGHT?! *crickets* Sigh. Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Jul 02, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Whiskeys: Suntory Whiskey Toki • Nikka Coffey Malt Whiskey • Suntory White Label • Suntory Kakubin • Suntory Single Malt • Yamazaki 12 Year • Yamazaki 18 Year • Yamazaki 25 Year • Hibiki Harmony • Hibiki 17 Year • Hibiki 21 Year • Bushmills • Green Spot • Four Roses • Pappy Van Winkle 12 Year • Evan Williams 23 Year Tangents: Our friend Anders joins us for a virtual trip to the Far East • Crazy-flavored Japanese snacks! • Suntory Distillery history • Toki tasting • Japanese spots in Philly’s Chi...
Jun 18, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Pop quiz, Whiskey Peeps! What does maple syrup, the Brooklyn Bridge, 10-year-old whiskey, and the Magna Carta all have in common? If you need a hint, it has to do with some old abandoned limestone mines located in Upstate New York, but seriously, that's all you're getting. You can find out in just 14 minutes if you just press play. I mean, if we reveal everything in the description, then there's no reason to listen at all. Hmm... maybe we should just do a blog. It would probably be a whole lot e...
Jun 11, 2020•14 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Round 1: Maker’s Sour – Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Bourbon (109.6), simple syrup, lemon juice, cherry, lemon peel Round 1B: Bulleit Sour – Bulleit Bourbon Barrel Strength (125.4), less simple syrup, more lemon juice Round 2: The Scofflaw – Knob Creek Cask Strength Rye (127), dry vermouth, grenadine, lemon juice, orange bitters, lemon peel Round 3: Bourbon 76 – Old Ezra 7 Year Bourbon (117), Champagne, honey, lemon juice Tangents: The history of the traditional Whiskey Sour • The ubiquitous and t...
Jun 04, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Finally! At long last we scored a bottle of Blanton's! And naturally we wanted to share it with you. So join us for a tasting of the Grandaddy of Single Barrel Bourbons and discover all the rich Japanese history of this seemingly singular American spirit. Yeah, that's right, Japan. As in the country where you can find several Blanton's expressions you can't get anywhere else. #notjealousatallohmygodyesweare Producer's Note: We have a later Blanton's Sho(r)t in which we taste 4 of the Japanese ve...
May 21, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Whiskeys: Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Bourbon • WR Wheater Single Barrel Cask Strength Straight Bourbon • Larceny • W.L. Weller • Henry McKenna • Blanton’s • Kinsey Zinfandel Finish • Journeyman Last Feather Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • Knob Creek • Hillrock • Jefferson • Larceny Barrel Proof • Maker’s Mark • Maker’s Mark 46 Tangents: Local v. national wheated Bourbon brands go head to head! • We interview one of the owners of Banash Liquors in Cherry Hill, NJ • How does a liquor store create its own...
May 14, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Ok, so we lied. Whiskey Madness 2020's The Final Pour was not, in fact, the final pour. But here we switch up the guest taster, remove the under-$60 restriction, allow ourselves more whiskey to taste, and taste them double-blinded so that nobody knows which whiskey is which. So what does all that mean? It means we drank too much, got a little belligerent with each other, and it all nearly spiraled out of control. Enjoy! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundclou...
May 07, 2020•21 min•Season 3Ep. 4
This is a special announcement regarding a change in our schedule for the forseeable future, which brings to mind that time Beavis & Butthead were watching TV and the video of Culture Club's 80s hit "Karma Chameleon" came on... Butthead: "Hey Beavis, is this supposed to be, like, in the future?" Beavis: "Yeah, the future sucks. Change it." Butthead: "I'm pretty cool, Beavis. But I can't change the future." But we can, Beavis. We can. Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link:...
Apr 30, 2020•5 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Whiskeys: Ardbeg Scotch • Auchentoshan American Oak Scotch • Lagavulin 8 Year Single Malt Scotch • Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Scotch • Glenmorangie 10 Year Single Malt Scotch • Glenmorangie Signet Single Malt Scotch • Glenfiddich • Balvenie • Kininvie • Chivas Regal • Stranahan’s American Single Malt • McCarthy’s American Single Malt • Hillrock American Single Malt • Woodford Reserve Malt Whiskey • Woodford Reserve Chocolate Malted Rye • McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • ...
Apr 23, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Join us as we open and taste our second attempt at building an Infinity Bottle. (And if you don't know what one of those is, please do go back and listen to our previous Sho(r)t on "How to Build an Infinity Bottle" from early October 2019). But that's not all! We actually saved some of our first bottle to compare! AND we have a guest who made their own! Hilarity ensues! You know the drill by now. ;-) Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedo...
Apr 16, 2020•23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Winter 2020 may be officially over, but we’ve still got one thing to say. Ok, SEVERAL last things. So, won’t you join us for a look back as we revisit the past 6 months, give some shout-outs, recap all the epsiodes, and generally try not to talk too much about the #coronapocalypse. Last Things: We got this recorded *just* before the NJ coronavirus shutdown • It’s our 1-year podcast-release anniversary! • Listener Shout-Outs: Derek, Callum & Anders (Local Lounge managers), Marty & Rachel ...
Apr 09, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 28
In The Before Times (aka, The Pre-Corona-Lockdown Era; aka, Life), we tasted a trendy peanut butter whiskey, made some cocktails from it, did a couple things you shouldn't do (share drinks, joke about pedophilia), and a couple things you absolutely should (promote vaccinating your childen, make obscure references to old movies). So, the good outweighs the bad, right? Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom...
Apr 02, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Whiskeys: Willet Pot Still Small Batch Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 Bourbon • McKenna 10-Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Bulleit Rye • Lagavulin 8 Year • Auchentoshan American Oak • Chivas Regal 12 Year • Johnnie Walker Red • Redbreast 12 Year • Green Spot • Powers Gold Label • Jameson • Chivas Regal 18 Year • Michter’s Toasted Almond Madness: The Semifinals and Final Pour matchups! • Ed still doesn’t li...
Mar 26, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Whiskeys: Willet Pot Still Small Batch Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 Bourbon • McKenna 10-Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Bulleit Rye • Lagavulin 8 Year • Auchentoshan American Oak • Chivas Regal 12 Year • Johnnie Walker Red • Redbreast 12 Year • Green Spot • Powers Gold Label • Jameson • Chivas Regal 18 Year Madness: Ed’s mispronunciations (and Scott’s correcting him) is kind of our brand • Scotch distil...
Mar 19, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Whiskeys: Lagavulin 8 Year • Auchentoshan American Oak • Chivas Regal 12 Year • Johnnie Walker Red • Redbreast 12 Year • Green Spot • Powers Gold Label • Jameson • Chivas Regal 18 Year • Chivas Regal 25 Year • McCallan • Glenfiddich • Laphroaig • Ardbeg • Johnnie Walker Black • Johnnie Walker Double Black • Johnnie Walker Green • Johnnie Walker Gold • Johnnie Walker Platinum • Johnnie Walker Blue Madness: The Chivas Regal Effect is real • The four major Scotch regions • Anders walks us through a...
Mar 12, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Whiskeys: Willet Pot Still Small Batch Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 Bourbon • McKenna 10-Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Bulleit Rye • Noah’s Mill Bourbon • Rowan’s Creek Bourbon • Pure Kentucky XO Bourbon • Jack Daniels • Woodford Reserve • Henry McKenna Bourbon • Mellow Corn Whiskey • Madness: Anders takes his first drink on the opposite side of the breakfast bar • Ed’s “Ed-iquette” needs some work • E...
Mar 05, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Whiskeys: Redbreast 12 Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey • Green Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey • Teeling’s Irish Small Batch • Seagram’s • Old Crow • Bushmills • Jameson Tangents: Shavonne and Gabe join us again! • Celebration #1: It’s our 1-year recording anniversary! • We have an Episode #0 that nobody will ever hear (because it’s awful) • Celebration #2: It’s Gabe’s 50th birthday! • Scott almost lights his microphone on fire • Celebration #3: It’s Gabe’s 5th Episode as co-host! • Gabe is a...
Feb 27, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 22
A few months ago we debated the merits of Ranker.com's Top 10 Bourbon list. This time, we're getting both more and less specific: Less specific because we're considering all American whiskeys, and more specific because we're considering only the patrons of a single bar in our home state. And if you've been listening to us for any amount of time, you know the one. So, will this list mirror Ranker's Top 10? Or will we, in true Jersey fashion, give the middle finger to the rest of the country and p...
Feb 20, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Whiskeys: Heaven’s Door Whiskey • Crown Royal XO • Crown Royal Signature Series • Crown Royal Blender’s Mash • Crown Royal Black • Crown Royal Wine Finish • Crown Royal XR • Lambay Irish Whiskey Cognac Finish • Sagamore Spirit Cognac Finish Rye • Belle Meade XO Cognac Finish Bourbon • Chivas Regal XV • Glenlivet Captain’s Reserve Scotch • Brenne French Single Malt • Jameson Irish Whiskey • Teeling’s Irish Whiskey • Tullamore Dew XO • Angel’s Envy Rye Tangents: Ed’s son Mike (aka Choc Mic) finall...
Feb 13, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 20
A few months ago, your bourbon boys unboxed basically the best barrel-proof small batch you can buy when we imbibed some Booker's. But now we try its grandson spirit (literally) -- a blend of four different whiskeys with a surprising origin. And then we compare the two spirits. Which one's better? Listen in and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Feb 06, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Whiskeys: Old Crow • Old Grand-Dad • Basil Hayden’s • Knob Creek • Baker’s • Booker's • Knob Creek Single Barrel • Henry McKenna 10-Year Bourbon • Willet Family Estate Rye Topics: Part 3 Recap • The state of the post-Prohibition whiskey industry (from a 1933 Fortune magazine article) • National Distillers Products Corporation owned half of all whiskey in America at the end of Prohibition • Ed steals Scott’s idea about drinking whatever the hell we want • The Enduring Legacy of Prohibition: A Dis...
Jan 30, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Whiskeys: Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon • Russel’s Reserve Bourbon • Wild Turkey 101 Rye Topics: Part 2 Recap • The state of the whiskey industry mid-Prohibition • The surprisingly high quality of prescription whiskey • The Top 5 Reasons Why Prohibition Failed • Mob bosses go to the beach! • Pauline Sabin: Mother of 'peal • 1920s drinkers were like freshman college students • The Volstead Act was stupid • A $10,000 fine for violating Prohibition was HOW much in today’s money?! • T...
Jan 23, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Whiskeys: I.W. Harper • Jack Daniels • Old Fitzgerald • Cabin Still • Kentuky Tavern • George A. Dickel • Old Forester 1920 Prohibition • Old Overholt Rye • Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey • Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond • Four Roses • Wild Turkey • Heaven Hill • Henry McKenna • Chicken Cock • Maker’s Mark Topics: Part 1 Recap • In 2050, the 7-armed illegal aliens from Ganymede will be stealing our jobs • The state of the whiskey industry in 1920, fellas! • Dudes in Tennessee must have be...
Jan 16, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Whiskeys: Old Forester Bourbon • Old Fitzgerald Bourbon • James E. Pepper 1776 whiskeys • Old Grand-Dad Bourbon • Four Roses Bourbon • Old Overholt Rye • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye Topics: The Women’s Christian Temperance Union wanted to ban alcohol... everywhere on Earth • Carrie Nation: The Crazy Old Hatchet Lady • Some states outlawed alcohol years before the 18th Amendment • Americans at the turn of the 20th Century were drinking A LOT of whiskey (and beer) • The powerfu...
Jan 09, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Round 1: Ward 8 – Fenwick’s Rye, Grenadine, lemon juice, orange juice Round 2: Bacon Old Fashioned – Bacon-washed PiggyBack Rye, maple syrup, bitters, orange peel Round 3: Baltimore Egg Nog – MuckleyEye Bourbon, brandy, chai syrup, half-and-half, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg (and possibly methamphetamines) Tangents: All our cocktail episode friends are back again! Anders, Ariel, Chelbi, Drea, Gabe, and Nari • A short history of New Year’s Eve celebrations • Ed likes to babble on (Babylon) • Seriously, ...
Dec 31, 2019•58 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Well, it's Christmas Eve, so what better way to celebrate than with 1) a bottle of whiskey with the word “winter” on it and, 2) a friendly fight about the merits (or lack thereof) of Christmas itself? Also, Ed raps his side of the argument. Yep. That's right. He tries to outdo Scott’s anti-Thanksgiving rap. How does he fare? Press play and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Greensleeves to a Ground by Paul Arden-Taylor, C...
Dec 24, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 13
